COMPLETE Multilingual Short Works Collection 034 - Poetry & Prose - thw

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Multilingual Short Works Collection 034 - Poetry & Prose, by Various
This is our 34th collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English) as listed below. All chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. (Summary by ToddHW)
This project is complete. Audio files can be found on our Librivox catalog page at https://librivox.org/multilingual-short-works-collection-034-poetry-prose-by-various/

If you are a new contributor, please read the following instructions carefully. Don't hesitate to ask in this thread (Post Reply) if you have any questions! Project roles: Michael (Kazbek) is BC, Todd (ToddHW) is MC, and Sonia (Kitty) is DPL.

1. Choose an acceptable source. This collection is for recordings of short works (under 72 minutes), in any language except (modern) English. We can only accept readings of texts that are in the public domain in the United States. Specifically, we can publish recordings made from scans of books whose title page shows a date of publication of 1927 or earlier, which can be found at Archive.org, among other sites. We can also use most sources found at Gutenberg.org (if the book page says "Public domain in the USA"). We can use Wikisource only if there is a scan available at the "Source" tab. If you are unsure about a source, please ask us before recording it! Our contributors are also expected to verify themselves that the texts they record for LibriVox are in the public domain in their own country.

2. New to recording? Please see our Newbie Guide to Recording (available in several languages) for further instructions. A quick guide to our required technical settings can be found here. LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs.

3. The format of the "intro" and "outro". (Can be in the language of the recorded text. Partial translations are available on this page.)

Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

At the start of the recording say:
"[Work title] by [author], read in [language]. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org" [Optional: "Read by your name."]
At the end of the recording say:
""End of [title], by [author]" [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

For short poems and other texts shorter than 500 words you can use the following format:

At the start of the recording say:
"[Title] by [author], read in [language] for LibriVox.org ".
At the end of the recording say:
"End of poem (or [title]). This recording is in the public domain" [Optional: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

4. Filename: msw034_[work's title]_[author's last name]_[your initials]_128kb.mp3 (all lowercase and without accents, compressing the first few words of the title with no spaces) (e.g. msw034_dielorelei_heine_xyz_128kb.mp3)

5. Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader (MC to select: ToddHW)
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6. Copy the file link generated by the uploader and post the following information in this thread (Post Reply):
MP3: (link generated by the uploader)
Duration: (mm:ss)
Author: (author's name)
Title: (of the work you recorded)
Language: (of the work)
Text: (link to the text from which you read)
Keywords: (a few terms that describe the work)
If this is your first LibriVox contribution, let us know under what name (or nickname) you'd like to appear in our catalog.
7. Watch this thread for PL (proof-listening) notes. The PL level in this project is "special": our PL will follow along with the text and listen for any discrepancies that may change the meaning of the text. (For explanation of PL levels, see Guide for Proof-listeners.)

Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process unless you are the BC or PL. Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!

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placing a cookie crumb to DPL :)

Sonia
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here are again two Yiddish poems from the abandoned solo (two more left for the next project and then we have placed them all :9: )

Reader: fink (https://librivox.org/reader/2999)

Author: Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923)
Title: Auf 'n Tōtengārten
Source text: https://archive.org/details/songsfromghettow00roseuoft/page/32/mode/2up
Link: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/msw034_aufntotengarten_rosenfeld_jf_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 4:49 min.
Keywords: cemetary, dream, angel, death

Author: Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923)
Title: A Trähr auf 'n Eisen
Source text: https://archive.org/details/songsfromghettow00roseuoft/page/8/mode/2up
Link: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/msw034_traehraufneisen_rosenfeld_jf_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 1:53 min.
Keywords: ironworker, hard work, tears, sadness

I PLed the poems, they are PL ok. I only changed the intro and outro to fit this project, if you could Spot check these, all is well.

Thanks

Sonia
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Post by Kazbek »

Great! Both are PL OK.

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Post by Anna2050 »

Hello,

Happy New Year to all of you! May you have a joyful and prosperous year!


I am posting a poem written by a Romanian writer



https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/msw034_pecoastelecalabriei_alecsandri_anna_128kb.mp3
Duration:1min 48 seconds
Author: Vasile Alecsandri
Title: Pe Coastele Calabriei
Text:https://archive.org/details/operecomplete01alecuoft/page/n9/mode/2up
Keywords: sea, Moon, seashore. horizon
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Anna2050 wrote: January 5th, 2023, 6:07 am Hello,

Happy New Year to all of you! May you have a joyful and prosperous year!
Thank you, Anna! It's queued for PL. Happy new year! :)

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Anna2050 wrote: January 5th, 2023, 6:07 amhttps://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/msw034_pecoastelecalabriei_alecsandri_anna_128kb.mp3
Duration:1min 48 seconds
Author: Vasile Alecsandri
Title: Pe Coastele Calabriei
Text:https://archive.org/details/operecomplete01alecuoft/page/n9/mode/2up
Keywords: sea, Moon, seashore. horizon
maybe I am blind or confused, but I don't see the poem in the index, could you please tell me on what page it is, so I don't have to check every page of the book :?

Thanks, and happy new year as well

Sonia
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Post by Anna2050 »

Hello,

You are neither blind nor confused. It is my fault. I have copied the wrong link. Please, excuse me and thank you for noticing and letting me know. Below is the correct link.
Thank you again!



https://archive.org/details/operecomplete02alecuoft/page/74/mode/2up
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Post by mariawhite »

Olá Sonia,
Cheguei na LibriVox há 6 meses, aliás você foi a primeira pessoa com quem tive contato aqui na comunidade, onde sigo ainda me firmando nos primeiros passos. Dei minha contribuição já à dois projetos coletivos, e hoje a Leni me falou sobre esse projeto. Se for possivel eu gostaria de dar a minha contribução aqui, com O Colar de diamantes, conto de de Guy de Maupassant , a cópia (digitalizada) inclusive me foi enviada pela Leni, e está neste link: http://www.litteratus.site/2018/08/o-colar-de-diamentes-conto-cruel- Ela também me enviou este outro link comprovando que o texto está em domínio público: http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/800074/per800074_1904_01629.pdf.

É isso!
Até breve,
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Anna2050 wrote: January 6th, 2023, 11:27 amYou are neither blind nor confused. It is my fault. I have copied the wrong link. Please, excuse me and thank you for noticing and letting me know. Below is the correct link.
https://archive.org/details/operecomplete02alecuoft/page/74/mode/2up
Ah, I'm relieved it was the wrong link :lol: I was already starting to doubt my senses.

The poem is beautiful. I have been in Sicilia as a kid and it's a beautiful island. :9: Excellently narrated, thank you.

Only two small things:

> the volume is too loud (over 95 dB - we accept between 86 and 92). Could you decrease by -5 to get into a good average, please ?
> at the end you have nearly 7 seconds of silence, we only need a standard of 5 seconds, could you cut a bit there and reupload ? The rest was fine.

Thanks

Sonia
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mariawhite wrote: January 7th, 2023, 2:24 pmCheguei na LibriVox há 6 meses, aliás você foi a primeira pessoa com quem tive contato aqui na comunidade, onde sigo ainda me firmando nos primeiros passos. Dei minha contribuição já à dois projetos coletivos, e hoje a Leni me falou sobre esse projeto. Se for possivel eu gostaria de dar a minha contribução aqui, com O Colar de diamantes, conto de de Guy de Maupassant , a cópia (digitalizada) inclusive me foi enviada pela Leni, e está neste link: http://www.litteratus.site/2018/08/o-colar-de-diamentes-conto-cruel- Ela também me enviou este outro link comprovando que o texto está em domínio público: http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/800074/per800074_1904_01629.pdf.
hello Maria :) yes, I remember you, I checked your one-minute-test. So great that you enjoy your time here and that you are participating in Leni's projects.

I know the Diamond Necklace in the French original, it's a tragic story, typical Maupassant.

The first link you sent me does not work, I can't see the text. The second link, to the newspaper, unfortunately only has a small excerpt of the story. Do you have the links to the following instalments as well ?

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Hello,

Thank you very much for your feed-back! I lowered the volume and I cut the file, I hope it sounds better now but in case it doesn't, please let me know and I'll try to fix it.
Thank you!


Title: Pe Coastele Calabriei
Author: Vasile Alecsandri
Duration: 1:45
Link:https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/msw034_pecoastelecalabriei_alecsandri_anna_128kb.mp3
Link to text: https://archive.org/details/operecomplete02alecuoft/page/74/mode/2up
Key words: sea, Moon, horizon
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Anna2050 wrote: January 9th, 2023, 10:10 amI lowered the volume and I cut the file, I hope it sounds better now but in case it doesn't, please let me know and I'll try to fix it.
the volume is good now but I still see nearly 7 seconds of silence at the end. Are you sure you cut it ? :hmm: Are you using Audacity ? You can enlarge the waves so that you see every second in the top ruler bar. That way you see well how many seconds it is precisely. Maybe your ruler-view is too small/compressed, that you don't see it exactly.

Sonia
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Post by mariawhite »

Sonia,

Unfortunately I don’ t have any other link to send to you, I have the text but it does not have the date of the publication, and according to Leni it is required to be recorded for LV even though we know that it is in public domain and I don’t know where else to search for, so then, I can’ t record it. But thank you anyway, and I’ll be working in other projects.

Maria White.
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mariawhite wrote: January 9th, 2023, 3:23 pmUnfortunately I don’ t have any other link to send to you, I have the text but it does not have the date of the publication, and according to Leni it is required to be recorded for LV even though we know that it is in public domain and I don’t know where else to search for, so then, I can’ t record it.
I asked Leni about this and she sent me the links to the three newspapers, where the text was printed in a public domain edition:

http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/800074/per800074_1904_01629.pdf
http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/800074/per800074_1904_01630.pdf
http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/800074/per800074_1904_01631.pdf

You can read the instalments here, to make sure your site and the public domain version are the same. So if you wish, you can read the story for this project. It would be a nice addition :9:

Sonia
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